Creating the World's Best BBQ in Phoenix.

Famous Dave's is the Best BBQ in Phoenix.

Dave Anderson is the founder of Famous Dave’s of America, the legendary BBQ franchise, with over 170 restaurants and growing. His barbeque and restaurants have been showered in more awards than he has walls to hang ‘em on. Over four hundred for best BBQ ribs, best new restaurant, best music, best take-out and best barbeque joint. Heck, we didn’t even have ta’ bribe the judges.

National Awards for "Best Ribs"
and "Best Sauce in America"
In November 1995, Famous Dave's was named 1st place winner for its Rich & Sassy BBQ Sauce at the American Royal Barbecue Sauce Contest in Kansas City, Missouri - the largest and most prestigious barbecue contest in the world! Mpls./St. Paul Magazine followed in December by naming Famous Dave's the Best BBQ Joint. Since then, famous Dave's has won one award after another including Greatest Ribs in America, Greatest Sauce in America, Best New Restaurant, Best Dessert, and Dave himself was named "Restaurateur of the Year".

At the 1999 Great American Rib Cookoff, where several hundred thousands of people attend to eat great ribs, Dave and his team won another Greatest Ribs in America award!

National Rib Cooking Team Smokes the Competition!
From Fargo, to Cleveland, to Chicago, to Kansas City, to the Twin Cities and many other cities, the Famous Dave's national rib cooking team has brought home the bacon and more first place trophies than the Chicago Bulls!

In 2007, The Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off, one of the largest and most prestigious rib-grilling competitions in America, hosted 24 of the best barbecue teams in the country in the double- blind competition that ran from August 29 to September 3. In addition to repeating as champion in the judged competition, it was also Famous Dave's second People's Choice win at Best in the West. Famous Dave's was named People's Choice in 2005, their first year competing at the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off.

Dave's commitment to always being the best is constantly being honed through competitive rib cook-offs with the top championship pitmasters in the country. These ribfests, which attract hundreds of thousands of BBQ fans, feature hundreds of rib cookers all competing for thousands of dollars in prize monies and braggin' rights of being the "Best of the Best". Dave's first place trophies can be found displayed in his restaurants. Overall, Famous Dave's has won over 400 national, regional and local competitions... so the next time you're eating ribs in Famous Dave's restaurant look for their trophies!

Dave's Commitment to Quality. "Home of the Big Slab!"
A Famous Dave's rib is better from the start.
Dave understands you can't wind up with the best-tasting barbecued ribs if you don't start with the best quality raw product - the St. Louis sparerib. Unlike cheaper quality cuts of ribs you find in most places, this rib is the best available - Dave's spec then takes it a couple steps further to ensure the ribs you get are the tenderest and meatiest possible.

First, the less-than-tender piece of meat on the underside of the rib, called the skirt, is trimmed away. And second, Dave insists on a slab of ribs of more than 2-1/2 lb. plus pounds rather than the commonly used 1-3/4 quarter pounders. This large slab of ribs has gained Famous Dave's the national distinction of being the "Home of the Big Slab!"

Dave's unusual attention to details is legendary in the meat industry. As one story goes, late one Sunday night, with his car filled with boxes of ribs that did not meet his strict specs, Dave drove all the way to Chicago... so that he could personally return them to the supplier. All meat suppliers are personally trained by Dave, even the butchers on their cutting lines. It costs a bit more for this level of quality, but take one look, and especially one bite, and you'll taste the difference of a Famous Dave's rib.

Where do you find the Best BBQ in Phoenix?
A visit to Famous Dave's Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que
is the best place to start.

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